lists, and lists. an artist friend once advised me to keep one notebook per project. Here I am with multiple notebooks still writing lists on the back of envelopes. I am embarking in my residency with PS2 this week. I've been going about my days thinking, plotting, planning. I've been thinking about the stuff I do each day with slightly more subjectivity. I [...]
This year I applied and was fortunate enough to be selected for a mentorship scheme run by glór, which pairs you with a mentor of your choice and funds a series of meetings between you and your mentor- the goal being to progress your professional practice in some way. I was thrilled to get this as I know its a competitive arena, as its such [...]
So this is really a stake into the ground situation. The ground being where I am at, the topography of the environment of artistic professional possibility- as in the reality of what can be done, created, made happen, by me. The stake is the nowness- a metaphorical pole being thrust downwards claiming my self belief. If I build it, they may not come and thats [...]
'Post performance, as usual struck by the post action low, feeling bereft and ridiculous and sad. And mortal. Questioning the point of the whole thing. And why it has to be a performance with people watching. And which parts were for the performative nature of the whole thing and which parts were me. And if this mattered or changed the authenticity of things, as if [...]
Compass Live Art Festival. (Leeds) Open call for 2020 (Nov 8th) Rua Red Cafe Space (Dublin) Open call for cafe exhibitions (submitted. waiting to hear) Dunlaoighre Lexicon (Dublin) Open Call for 2020 exhibitions (27th November) Art and the Rural Imagination Conference (New Forest, Bournemouth) (4th December) 126 Gallery Christmas Market (Galway) (Dec 10/11) My studio- open days pre xmas ASAP Critical Moss Book Project (UK) [...]
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